<p>I am considering applying ED2 to Hamilton. I was wondering if any students who have been accepted in the past could post their stats and say if you applied early or regular. thank you!!!</p>
<p>I was accepted .SAT I: 2190 v:750 M:740 W:700
IB DP student with grade of 38</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted at Hamilton with a non-traditional application. She was homeschooled for 12 years with LOTS of outside and unique activities. They seemed to appreciate the variety and depth on her transcript. If I recall, her SAT 1 scores were 2260: M:680, W:780 V: 800</p>
<p>Ultimately she decided on St. Lawrence U over Hamilton and other schools. </p>
<p>I wish you the best with your decisions.</p>
<p>jelomom, can you tell me why your daughter picked st. lawrence over hamilton? im applying to both schools and, put in the same position as your daughter, I couldnt see myself making the same decision because of hamiltons seemingly greater prestige. however, Im trying to keep an open mind, so any additional insight would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I will see if I can get her to reply, but I will take a shot. I think that my daughter could see past the whole prestige thing and was able to evaluate the two schools for their individual merits. </p>
<p>Academics were definitely the most important criteria for her and she felt that the schools were equally matched (regardless of the image of Hamilton's prestige). She was able to meet with professors at each school to confirm her feelings. In fact, during decision time, she even meet with the Dean of Students , whose own daughter ironically was at SLU. She liked the fact that SLU's criteria for making Dean's list was based on her own academic preformance and not on a percentage of student body as Hamilton's is. She was disappointed to learn that Hamilton was disbanding it's "Sophmore experience" and had nothing in the plans to replace it. Meanwhile she was impressed with SLU's First Year Program (FYP) that has National recognition for its living learning community. Hamilton talks about a large writing requirement but she found that SLU required much the same but reinforced it with the FYP. The international programs were important to her, but I don't think she could make distinctions at that time between the two schools</p>
<p>She wanted the option for a single Freshman year which was possible at SLU and not at Hamilton, the significance of the two distinct sides of campus at Hamiton greatly concerned her, Hamilton was begining a major construction and SLU had completed it's major improvements (AMAZING student center, state of the art Science Building, remarkable bookstore and a fitness facility that is incredible). SLU was further along with it's building safety standards, already campus wide key carding for all dorms (while visiting Hamilton just after Va Tech horror, she was able to walk directly into dorms). </p>
<p>Both schools seemed to share a similar friendly student body however, she felt that SLU had a more wholesome feeling. Both schools had similar social outlets. Hamilton's frat scene was bigger while SLU encouraged Theme houses. She wanted the campus to be the center of her social life and wasn't looking for a busy urban area, rather a pleasant setting.</p>
<p>Deciding on a school is very personal and I am not going to say that it was an easy one for her. I can say that after completing one semester, she has been very happy and doesn't regret her decision for a second. I am proud that she was able to make a choice based on her feelings and criteria and not based on rankings. You are to be praised for trying to keep an open mind and not letting superficial things influence your decisions.</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted ED this December. UW GPA- 3.43; SAT-2150: V720 M700 W730. National Merit semi-finalist. Spent junior fall semester in Beijing. Fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese (she's a blue-eyed blonde). Good EC's in gov/political arena. Has a slight geographical advantage (West Coast) and attends a large, urban high school. Overall, an atypical student.</p>
<p>She specifically chose Hamilton after visiting 25 schools because of its no core curriculum, strong Asian studies program and their great study abroad program in Beijing. She met twice (yes, we actually visited the campus a couple of times) with the head of Asian studies at Hamilton and was very impressed with her. </p>
<p>D likes to ski and can join H's ski team. D does Mock Trial and H has a top team. D wants a small, rural LAC with social life focused on the campus located in the NE. She found the students very warm and friendly at H and as she said, "a good balance of designer jeans and sweats."</p>
<p>All this being said, the school has to feel right and like many big decisions in life, I think more than one choice will work.</p>
<p>Yes, that's right, a big attraction about Hamilton is that it doesn't have distribution requirements, except for swimming and PE (seriously!). Initially, this was a plus for Hamilton with my daughter too.</p>
<p>Interestingly, what my daughter came to realize about distribution requirements is that they are insignificant if you are a curious learner. SLU does have distributions but they are meaningless to her because she is a true liberal arts student and has a such wide range of interests that she will satisfy the requirements without even knowing it.</p>
<p>If your window of interest is more specific, it may be an important distinction between the two schools</p>
<p>I'm in the class of 2010, and I got accepted RD with ~3.5, 2070 (I think V: 700, M: 670, W: 700, not positive about breakdown though), two varsity sports, 4 years in band, etc.</p>
<p>I've heard it's getting harder and harder to get accepted...the class of 2011 is much better than my class in terms of stats, so I can only assume that this year will be at least as hard. My class was way over-enrolled because the yield was unexpectedly high, so for 2011 they admitted a substantially less number of students to make sure they reacher their target class size (~480 I believe).</p>